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66 care of oxen
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Royal T. King,
7 days, 1.75
12 25
Frank Drake,
2 “
1.75
3 50
Elisha Savil,
1.75
13 13
Thomas Killin,
10} "
1.75
18 37
Thomas Gannon,
1.75
16 62
Waldo Holbrook,
8
1.75
14 00
Mich'l Brandley, man,horse, & cart, 3
3.50
10 50
John Gibson,
10
66
1.75
17 50
James McKenney,
14} "
1.75
25 37
Patrick Maguire, horse and cart,
8
3.50
28 00
William Wild,
14
1.75
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24 50
G. W. Hunt,
9
1.75
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15 75
66
man,
66
4 00
1 50
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Charles Hanson,
10} days, 1.75
18 37
John Desmond,
14
“
1.75
24 50
Herbert Doane,
10 "
1.75
.
17 50
Henry Piper,
91"
1.75
16 19
George Piper,
93 .
1.75
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2
66
3.50
7 00
S. B. French,
7
1.75
12 25
Leonard Hunt,
93 4
1.75
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2
1.75
3 50
E. T. Ellis, Superintendent of Almshouse, self, horse, and cart, 3.50
61 25
Man, oxen, and cart,
17
66
4.50
76 50
Boy,
6
1.25
7 50
S. W. Hollis, superintendence
45 00
6 .
use of team
7 00
gravel, 251 loads, at 10 cts.
.
25 10
J. B. Moore, blacksmith work
7 25
Wild and Shay, blacksmith work
1 76
Proctor Brothers, 1 axe
1 40
$1,011 73
ADAMS STREET BRIDGE.
Jechonias Penniman, labor, 114 days, 2 50
28 12
G. H. Arnold,
133
3 00
40 50
James McKenney,
163
1 75
28 00
Wm. S. Pierce,
66
143
3 00
44 25
Timothy Keefe,
66
24 66 1 75
3 94
Edward Starr,
66
21
1 75
3 93
James Bradley,
66
66 1 75
3 93
Patrick Murphy,
1 66 1 75
1 75
B. F. Spear,
3}
1 75
6 13
Leonard Hunt,
93
1 75
17 06
C. Herbert Doane,
66
92
66 1 75
17 06
Thomas Killian,
66
93
1 75
17 06
James McKenny,
3
66 1 75
5 25
William A. Allen, lighting street
6 00
F. A. Gardner & Co., lumber for railing
13 57
F. & C. Wilson, stone
478 00
B. L. Morrison, gravel, 159 loads, 12} cts.
19 87
J. R. Frazier, labor, 4 days, 3 00 John B. Allen, " 16} " 3 00
49 50
use of derrick
14 75
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" carting stone from Quincy
· 130 00
66
66 team to Quincy 4 times .
2 00
·
17 06
Horace Dana, horse and cart,
17 06
George Barrett,
17} days,
66
·
12
23
F. & C. Wilson, use of stone-wagon
15 00
L. Lynch, iron work for railing
20 75
S. W. Hollis, labor 10 50
J. Q. Wild, blacksmith work
1 12
B. J. Loring, labor, 3} days, 2 75
9 60
E. T. Ellis, superintendent of almshouse, labor of men, and teams carting stone and gravel. 160 83
A. J. Bates & Co., three lanterns 3 75
10 00
J. B. Allen, drilling post holes
1 50
$1,175 72
Cr. By old plank sold
7 25
$1,168 47
UNION SCHOOL HOUSE AND LOT.
Joseph Huff, and horse and cart, 1215 days, 4 00 51 75
A. Saunders,
7 88
John H. Minchin and team,
7
66 3 75
: 25
George Hill, 66
7 3 75
.
26 25
John Mahar,
7
1 75 12 25
Robert Saunders,
73
1 75
13 13
C. R. Saunders,
87
William Saunders,
8
66 1 50
2 00
Alden Bowditch,
2
66 3 00
6 00
Elihu Alden,
2}
3 00
7 50
H. Murray, edgestone
85 00
Joseph I. Bates, repairing vane
3 50
S. L. Stoddard,
5 00
George H. Arnold, teaming work .
13 25
66 man, 1 day
2 00
superintendence
5 00
E. F. E. Thayer, selling fence ·
1 00
Horatio A. Berry, labor on house
16 64
S. W. Hollis, man and team, 1 day
3 00
Thomas Hill, labor
1 73
Cr. By cash for old lumber
14 60
$285 40
REMOVING SNOW.
Thomas Hill and horse, 12 hours at 50 cts. per hour . 6 00
Michael Bradley " 7 66
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3 15
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$300 00
66
1 75
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A. Allen, superintendence
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24
William Allen, as per bills rendered .
· 227 16
Thomas Hill, 66 66
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. 116 00
John H. Minchin,
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39 71
Leroy W. Collins, “
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50 20
Joseph Huff, 66
82 49
S. Strong French, “
131 30
Amasa 'Thayer, 66
8 10
A. T. Wild,
4 10
A. T. Wild, horse and boy
6 75
E. R. Waterman and horse
1.1 00
James Munroe .
5 00
$690 96
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Joseph I. Bates, supplies, engine house, No. 1 $14 90
H. M. White, coal for engine house, No. 2 3 00
S. A. F. Mansfield, wheel jack, engine house, No. 2 . 1 50
J. F. Sheppard, coal, engine house, No. 2 . 7 85
66 66 66
66
No. 1.
10 65
66 for hook and ladder . 6 30
66
66 fuel, engine house, No. 1 . 1 20
A. J. Bates & Co., supplies, engine house, No. 1 6 75
P. D. Holbrook & Co., 66 No. 2
56 33
Henry Arnold, covering hose pipe, No. 2 1 10
C. O. Edwards, keys for engine houses 1 65
John M. Walsh, supplies for engine houses .
8 35
J. T. Stevens, supplies as per bills rendered 9 00
Proctor Brothers, supplies for Hook and Ladder Co., 19 58
Wm. B. Smith, jun., steward for engine, No. 1 . 17 50
Brooks & McAndrews, setting glass, No. 1 1 70
John A. Wild, blacksmith work for No. 2 . 2 20
C. Hayes, rubber coats for firemen 19 65
Hunneman & Co., hose 237 50
A. J. Morse & Sons, repairs to hose .
29 75
Thomas South, repairs on engine, No. 1 33 0
Wm. K. Baker & Son, expressing
2 00
C. B. Woodsum, 66
6 10
E. L. Curtis, 66 5 20
A. F. Hanaford, labor and stock for hook and ladder, 3 08
George E. Thompson, for engraving badges 127 50
S. F. Mansfield, repairs on engine and hose carriage 4 75
S. W. Pratt, fixtures for hook and ladder . 15 81 Henry H. Thayer, repairs on hose carriage, No. 2 34 40
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25
J. T. Stevens, merchandise
11 73
Hunneman & Co., balance of bill
44 00
George Mansfield, fuel for No. 2
80
Elias Hayward, blank book, for No. 2
3 00
R. C. Payne & Co., coal,
8 00
$760 83
Cr. By cash received for old hose . 4 80
$756 03
APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CR.
By cash received of Eben Denton, Treasurer of Committee $459 90
DR.
To S. A. F. Mansfield, copying by-laws $3 00
E. L. Curtis, expressing
6 85
Theodore Walsh, suction hose saddle, No. 2 1 00
Henry A. Arnolds, belts
16 50
Blake & Alden, furniture
159 60
O. C. R.R. Co., gravel
10 00
T. B. Stoddard, painting
8 00
H. H. Thayer, hose cart « iron work on No. 2
160 00-
Hunneman & Co., lanterns, &c ..
. 00
J. B. Wood, gravel for No. 2
8 00
Wm. R. Penniman, fence, &c., for No. 2 . 9 15
James Willis, labor on hook and ladder house
10 00
Caleb Hollis, lime, gravel, and carting for hook and ladder house . 20 75
Michael Branley, grading around house No. 2 . 11 00
Wm. B. Smith, grading around engine house, No. 1 . 2 00
Asa T. Pratt, labor on engine house, No. 1 4 00
$456 85
Balance unexpended
3 05
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Weymouth and Braintree Fire Insurance Co., insur- ance on three engine houses . $63 00
Horace Faxon, constable, service at fire inquest . 17 80
Thomas Groom & Co., blank book 2 25
F. L. Penney & Co., printing Town Report .
175 00
John H. Minchin, distributing Town Report , 00
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6 00
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M. A. Perkins, removing town records 6 00
L. Lynch, iron work for guide boards 5 20
S. W. Hollis, expenses to Boston, four times 2 50
A. Allen, expenses to Boston, three times . 1 68 J. R. Frasier, expenses to Boston, twice 1 20
Wm. R. Penniman, services and expenses as Com-
mittee on Fire Department 44 35
F. L. Penney, printing and order book 13 00
Nichols & Hall, record books for town clerk 15 95
Isaac W. May, printing School Report 35 00
M. A. Perkins, appropriation for Memorial Day 150 00
Doane & Greenough, stationery . 4 10
F. A. Gardner & Co., hitching-posts at Town House . 10 50
I. N. Dyer, watching fire . 2 00
C. F. David, printing notices and warrants 22 50
R. D. Hobart, surveying for sewer 28 70
J. F. Sheppard, services and expenses as Committee for Fire Department 22 25
Henry Hobart, building drain at East Braintree 25 00
S. E. Whitmarsh, refreshments to firemen. 13 00
J. M. Allen, distributing Town Reports 4 00
G. S. Baker, hardware for hitching and guide posts, 14 29 Thomas Groom & Co., collector's book 2 00
Jonathan French, paid commission on loan 50 00 66 cash for advertising . 1 00
John H. Sumner, horse hire for selectmen .
10 75
George D. Willis, recording order of County Commis- sioner for Middle Street 3 00
Ripley Brothers, refreshments to firemen
5 96
Edgar and Willie Hayden, watching fires . 4 00
Charles A Hayden, watching fires
2 00
C. O. Allen, distributing School Reports 2 00
J. R. Frasier, labor with contractors on West Street .
6 00
C. B. Woodsum, expressing
8 02
John Cronin, horse hire
5 00
F. A. Hobart, committee on fire department 20 00
H. M. White, refreshments for firemen 6 48
187 00
J. R. Frasier, insurance on Town House Theodore A. Hayden, watching fires .
2 00
Samuel Curtis, returning deaths
4 00
G. C. Hallenbeck returning deaths 9 00
Proctor Brothers, refreshments for firemen . 14 00
A. J. Bates & Co.
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.
20 75
E. E. Hall 66 4 10 . .
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E. L. Curtis, expressing 3 60
J. T. Stevens, services as com. on fire department 10 00
J. T. Stevens, expenses of com. on fire department 9 50
Samuel A. Bates, collecting and recording births 48 00 Samuel A Bates, collecting, recording, and returning deaths 13 85
Samuel A. Bates, collecting, recording, and returning marriages 6 30
Samuel A. Bates, cash paid for postage stamps · 1 15
Samuel A. Bates, cash paid for stationcry . 60
Elias Hayward, stationery and postage stamps 6 44
G. H. Arnold, services as committee on fire department James Munroe, distributing Town Reports
12 00
J. R. Frasier, cash paid for stationery
2 36
" 66 recording deed .
1 00
table for Town House 1 00
66 perambulating line between B. and W. 3 00
66 cash paid for printing and posting adver-
tisements of rewards for detection of incendiaries, 6 60
J. B. Frasier, half a day labor setting posts 1 50
E. Warner Dailey, award on West Street .
200 00
Mrs. A. A. Gilman,
66
8 00
Asa French and N. E. Hollis, award on West Street,
30 00
David N. Hollis, 66
75 00
Heirs of Daniel Penniman,
50 00
R. D. Hobart, surveying
48 25
Hobart & Humphrey, surveying
7 86
Proctor Brothers, refreshments for fireinen .
23 81
P. D. Holbrook & Co., supplies .
.
3 84
E. T. Ellis, fuel . 4 00
J. M. Cutting, Vet. Surg., medicine and attendance 5 00
J. M. Cutting, use of tools . 1 00
$1,638 99
TOWN HALL.
F. B. Park, work on stoves
18 20
Charles David, janitor
.
28 42
Hugh Mealey, repairing roof
41 05
Hugh Mealey, repairing roof
5 30
Joseph I. Batcs, duster
3 62
R. C. Payne & Co., coal
46 20
William A. Kane, pitcher
37
T. B. Stoddard, repairs
7 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, wicks, &c.
27 93
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4 00
28
H. M. White, oil, wicks, &c. 13 86
C. F. Pierce, labor on stove and pipe
2 00
F. B. Parks, lamps and chimneys
3 60
H. H. Thayer, iron work .
1 40
F. and C. Wilson, stone
7 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, lamps, &c.
. 16 30
$222 25
CR.
By cash received for use of Hall
.
$173 50
Due from band . .
32 00
.
$205 50
JANITOR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
George F. Leonard
500 00
DRAWBRIDGE.
T. D. Bagley, labor on buoys
$5 50
B. J. Loring, repairs .
8 49
F. A. Gardner & Co., lumber
7 66
Thomas South, iron work .
6 25
J. B. Allen, labor, and use of team
12 62
Ross & Lord, repairs .
65 50
William K. Baker & Son, expressing .
3 00
Pratt & Co., plank
75 73
William Allen, labor .
10.25
Jesse Burrell, Superintendent
100 00
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer for old plank
$8 00
" " damages .
.
18 00
$26 00
$269 00
EXPENDED BY ORDER OF SELECTMEN.
Around Town Hall
. $20 55
On highways
.
·
$40 90
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$350 00
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Appropriation
$150 00
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28 35
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$295 00
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TAUNTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
To cash paid for board of insane persons .
$547 12 . Refunded by friends (see Treasurer's acc't) . . .
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers
. $1,362 35
Bill due from State Jan. 1, 1875
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.
115 50
Bill sent and due from State Jan. 1, 1876 .
·
. $1,364 45
Cash paid Jan. 1, 1876
· 113 40
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$1,477 85
EAST BRAINTREE FIRE DISTRICT.
By cash in treasury .
$9 78
66 paid treasurer
778 15
$787 93
Divided and paid out to the taxpayers of the district . $773 83 Paid A. Allen for exp'n's in assessing and paying out, 14 10
$787 93
RESERVOIR.
N. M. Hobart, on contract · $250 00
Thomas Hill, labor around reservoir
6 30
Albert Hobart, labor, self and team .
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.
15 00
E. T. Ellis, removing gravel .
11 42
Elias Holbrook, filling reservoir .
15 00
G. W. Whicher, supervision
20 00
$317 72
EXPENSES WHICH ACCRUED IN FORMER YEARS.
J. H. Sumner, team for school committee " selectmen ·
2 50
Theodore Walch, curtain for town hall
4 00
H. & J. E. Billings, architect on soldiers' monument
100 00
C. Harrison Hobart, auditor, 1873
7 00
Town of Hyde Park, support of Catharine Howe
18 50
R. D. Hobart, balance of bill on town lands
18 72
Loud & Pratt, lumber for Shaw street .
42
Luther Thayer, labor on Howard street, 1874 4 00
Maria Proctor, land damage on Front street, 1873
145 00
N. M. Hobart, police officer 48 00
Charles David, care of library building .
104 00
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$1,477 85
.
5 50
$457 64
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COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Joseph A. Arnold
55 90
Ephraim B. Thayer
2 00
Isaac N. Dyer
1 24
Heirs of Elisha Gibbs
5 89
Henry Gardner .
6 20
Sophia Houghton
6 31
D. H. Bates, tax of 1875
141 91
Joseph Dyer, jun., tax of 1873
.
66
1874
162 47
66
66 tax collected, 1873
.
229 68
66 cash and interest overpaid · 642 15
$1,582 13
TOWN OFFICERS.
J. A. Arnold, auditor 13 50
Elias Holbrook, truant officer
10 00
Thomas B. Stoddard, constable
18 75
Thomas Penniman,
4 00
Horace Faxon, 66
12 00
policeman
52 00
J. Franklin Bates, "
21 00
constable
3 00
Alverdo Mason, school committee
45 00
Noah Torrey, "
40 00
G. H. Arnold,
40 00
Samuel A. Bates, town clerk
35 00
B. J. Loring, jun., truant officer
10 00
J. R. Frazier, selectman, assessor, & overs'r of the poor 315 00
Abijah Allen, 66
311 50
S. W. Hollis, 66
66
300 00
George W. Kelley, jun., school committee 23 30 .
Jonathan French, treasurer
200 00
N. L. White, school committee . .
.
·
45 00
$1,499 05
TOWN LANDS.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 2, 1876.
The Committee appointed by the Town to expend the sum appropriated for improving the public lands, respectfully report as follows :-
The work done during the past year has been in pursuance of a plan orig- inally adopted for reclaiming and beautifying all the land connected with the Town House and Library Building.
328 38
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In accordance with this plan, we have completed the grading around the Soldiers' Monument, and thoroughly cleared, ploughed, and laid smoothly to grass, the lot belonging to the Library Building, together with the small semi-circular piece in front of the Town House.
A small annual appropriation for this purpose, judiciously expended, will, in a few years, accomplish all that is required to make our Common a spot to which the citizens of the Town can always look with satisfaction and pride.
Accompanying this report is a list of payments made, and vouchers for the same.
ASA FRENCH,
RODOLPHUS PORTER,
THOMAS B. STODDARD, JOCHENIAS PENNIMAN, ROBERT D. HOBART,
Committee.
To the Selectmen.
Town of Braintree in account with R. PORTER, Treasurer of the Committee on Town Lands.
To Cash paid Henry Olson
111 90
James Sweeney
15 00
Michael Branley
91 25
Ames Plow Co.
1 85
John Finnigan
2 00
Patrick Maguire
: 25
Thomas Kelley
19 60
Benjamin Stevens
4 00
Henry M. White
2 14
Jochenias Penniman
9 87
Thomas Killin
22 00
Patrick King
7 00
Patrick Moils
81 10
Wild & Shay
: 46
W. F. Holbrook
1 50
P. D. Holbrook & Co.
3 17
Charles A. Arnold
3 00
Edward S. French
18 00
R. D. Hobart
79 60
Whittemore Brothers
6 94
Edward Hobart
3 37
$498 00
Amount of Appropriation
$500
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RECAPITULATION.
High School
2,131 60
Union 6
. 1,293 20
Pond
1,392 61
Iron Works School
1,363 05
South School
412 15
East
551 90
South-East School .
402 85
South-West
410 85
Middle-Street School
409 60
West School
425 30
Incidental Expenses of Schools
314 44
66 " Schoolhouses
215 55
Almshouse
1,333 16
Poor out of the Almshouse
2,185 54
Expenses which accrued in former years
457 64
Widening and straightening West Street
2,164 76
Middle Street
1,011 73
Bridge on Adams Street
1,168 47
Drawbridge .
269 00
East Braintree Fire District
787 93
Incidental Expenses
1,488 99
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Surveyors of Highways
4,025 72
Fire Department
756 03
Establishing Fire Department
456 85
Town Hall
222 25
Public Library
350 00
Removing Snow
690 96
Insane Persons
547 12
State Aid
1,362 35
Collection and abatement of taxes
1,582 13
Cash paid Treasurer and credits
3,414 23
Town officers
1,499 05
Improvement of town lands
498 00
Union Schoolhouse
285 40
Expended by the Selectmen
48 90
Reservoir
317 72
Janitor of Public Buildings
500 00
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$36,897 03
Less credit from Town Hall . 205 50 Less cash received for support of insane persons 547 12
Appraisal at Almshouse less than last year ·
271 55
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Cash received from Committee on establishment of
Fire Department
$459 90
$1484 07
$35,412 96
480 orders drawn on Treasurer
35,412 96
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, and the Surveyors of Highways, and find them correct, and all payments sustained by proper vouchers.
BENJAMIN F. DYER, EBEN DENTON, N. F. T. HAYDEN,
Auditors.
ASSESSOR'S ACCOUNT.
Schools
$7,800 00
Highways and bridges
· 4,000 00
Interest on town debt
3,000 00
Reduction of town debt
2,500 00
Town officers .
1,500 00
Incidentals
1,200 00
Town lands
500 00
Support of poor .
3,000 00
Janitor of public buildings
600 00
Grand army
150 00
Improvement of West Street .
.
2,500 00
Improvement of Middle Street
1,000 00 .
Rebuilding of bridge on Adams Street
1,000 00
Public Library
350 00
Union School House and lands
300 00
State tax .
3,400 00
County tax
2,318 65
Overlay .
1,441 15
--- $36,559 80
APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Schools
· $7,500 00
Highways and bridges
4,500 00
Interest on town debt
4,000 00 .
Reduction of town debt
2,000 00
Town officers
1,500 00
Incidentals
.
1,500 00
Support of the poor .
3,500 00
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Widening and straightening Middle Street
$2,000 00
Grand Army .
150 00
Fire Department
·
1,000 00
Public Library
400 00
Collection and abatement of taxes
500 00
Removing snow
500 00
- -$29,050 00
TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. JOSEPH DYER, JUN., Collector Tax of 1873. DR
To balance due Town Feb. 1, 1875, per report .
$541 30
Less drawback, Feb. 1, 1876 ·
.
328 38 ·
This amount due Dec. 1, 1875
$212 92
Add interest from Dec. 1, 1873, to Feb. 1, 1875, 14 mo. 12 per ct. 29 81
Net amount due Town Feb. 1, 1875
· $242 73
Less commission on total Tax of 1873 . 229 68
Balance due Town Feb. 1, 1875 .
$13 05
Collector had overpaid on said Tax Feb. 1, 1875, per
report .
$613 20 ·
Deduct above balance
13 05
Due collector on Feb. 1, 1875. . $600 15
Add 1 year interest, to Feb. 1, 1876, at 7 per cent. .
42 00
$642 15
Which amount is paid to collector by order No. 480.
JOSEPH DYER, JUN., Collector Tax of 1874 .. DR.
To balance due Town Feb. 1, 1875, per report .
$7,286 87 . Less drawback Feb. 1, 1876 $162 47 ·
Taxes unpaid Feb. 1876, per schedule 578 31
Due Dec. 1, 1874
$740 78 . $6,546 09
Add interest to Feb. 24, 1875, the average date of col- lector's payments, say 2 months 23 days, at 12 per cent.
181 10
Net amount Feb. 24, 1875 . $6,727 19
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Feb. 1, 1875. Balance overpaid, per report $2,524 86 Paid Treasurer . $4,362 47 Of which amount was drawback as above, 162 47
- $4,200 00
Average date of payment Feb. 24, 1875 . $6,724 86 .
$6,724 86
Balance due Town $2 33
TAX LIST OF 1874 UNPAID FEB. 1, 1876.
$550 58
Robert Dickey
·
.
17 17
William Dickey .
2 00
H. W. Wild
6 56
E. D. Holbrook .
2 00
$578 31
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
1
Amount of tax-bill for 1875
. $36,559 80
Added since commitment
.
.
23 02
$36,582 82
Cash paid Treasurer
$35,375 00
Unpaid taxes as per schedule
·
999 29
Cash in hands of Collector
208 53
$36,582 82
Amount of interest collected and in hands of Collector $91 84
TAXES UNPAID FEB. 1, 1876.
William Angus,
$2 00
Simeon P. Cushing,
$21 22
David Anderson,
2 00
George Carney,
2 00
Heirs of James Bannon,
8 06
Asa Dyer,
35 48
Heirs of Edmund Bannon,
8 99
Mark F. Duncklee,
201 95
Edward Bannon,
: 00
Robert Dickey,
13 78
William A. Bishop,
19 36
Robert A. Dickey,
2 00
William Benjamin, balance,
9 05
John Daland,
25 25
John Brightman,
3 55
Thomas Desmond,
2 00
James M. Bryant,
2 00
Michael Daley,
2 00
.
R. T. Loring
DAVID H. BATES, Collector.
.
36
Patrick S. Dunphy,
$2 00
Patrick Newman,
$2 00
Simeon W. Draper,
5 35
Elijah Penniman,
20 91
Alfred K. Durling,
2 00
William E. Reed,
2 00
Martin Eagan,
2 00
Sanford P. Record,
2 00
James M. French,
2 00
Joshua M. Reed,
2 00
William S. Farrar,
2 93
William B. Smith, jun.,
2 00
John Greenwood, balance,
4 44
Robert Saunders, balance,
1 86
James F. Holbrook,
2 00
William W. Saunders,
2 00
Caleb Hayden,
36 72
Thomas South,
102 75
William Hayden,
36 10
David Sloane,
2 00
Nelson E. Hayden,
19 05
Joshua B. Spaulding,
2 00
Henry M. Hayden,
2 00
Elihu M. Thayer,
2 31
Charles Hayden,
2 00
David Thayer,
22 15
George P. Hollis,
2 00
David B. Thayer,
14 40
William A. Hollis,
21 22
Jonathan Thayer, jun.,
2 00
Charles M. Hobart,
2 00
Francis P. Thayer,
2 00
C. Henry Hayden,
6 65
John Q. A. Thayer,
2 00
Jeremiah Haley,
2 00
Napoleon Tellier,
2 00
George H. Howard,
2 00
Albert Whitmarsh, 2 00
Asia Howard,
2 00
Robert White,
2 00
George W. Jones,
22 77
Michael Welch,
2 00
Frank Kennedy,
2 00
Sarah H. Lane,
69 75
J. E. Lochman,
127 86
Luke Mulligan,
9 13
David P. Hayward,
34 41
Austin Mulligan,
2 00
Frank Frost,
2 17
George Mansfield,
2 00
Charles Nudd,
1 55
John McGlincey,
2 00
T. J. McCormick,
10 68
$999 29
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
JONATHAN FRENCH, Treasurer.
1875.
Feb. 1. Cash on hand,
$11,340 11 .
Cash received of J. Dyer, jun., Coll. of 1872, 541 30
Int. on do. 29 81
Coll. of 1874, 4362 47
D. H. Bates, Coll. of 1875, 35,375 00 Selectmen 307 28
1
Arthur E. Merritt for license, 10 00
Com. Union School House, 14 60
Town of Sherburne 8 00
Selectmen use of Town Hall, 185 50
NON-RESIDENTS.
Henry W. Wild, 1 24
37
Cash received of W. Allen, Sur. of Highways, $29 12 Selectmen, Insurance on Union School House . 125 00 Edward Avery, on account Fire District 778 15
Selectmen on acct. Fire Dept. 459 90 State Treasurer Corpora- tion Tax 1,253 58
State Treas., State Aid, 132 98
66
Bank Tax,
1,953 19
66 School Fund, 306 00
County Treas., Dog Tax, 510 00
J. Dyer, Jr., Treasurer
School Fund 400 00
J. R. Frazier, State account, overpaid 32 00
Overseer of the Poor 2,055 14
Cash borrowed of Union National Bank of
Weymouth 3,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank of Boston 20,000 00
--- $84,397 13
Cr.
Cash paid on 482 Orders . · $35,411 96
Minot E. Hunt's note, Aug. 13, 1867, 450 00
66 April 30, 1870, 300 00
Mary H. Thayer, on account of Note of Jan. 26, 1863, 119 00
Union National Bank of Weymouth, 3,000 00
State Tax 3,400 00
County Tax
2,318 65
Interest .
·
3,504 60
Cash on hand, February 1, 1876
35,892 92
84,397 13
BRAINTREE, Feb. 22, 1876.
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of JONATHAN FRENCH, Treasurer of the Town of Braintree, and find them correctly kept, and the payments duly vouched, and that the foregoing is a true statement of the condition of the treasury, Feb. 1, 1876.
BENJ. F. DYER,
EBEN DENTON, Auditors. N. F. T. HAYDEN,
38
THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTER- EST, FEB. 1, 1876.
$500 00
Joseph Dyer, jun., Oct. 28, 1862, at 7 per cent Interest
9 43
Joseph Dyer, jun., Jan. 26, 1866, at 7 per cent
250 00
Joseph Dyer, jun., Feb. 1, 1871, at 7 per cent
800 00
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 1, 1873, at 7 per cent
4,000 00
Mary H. Thayer, Jan. 26, 1863, at 7 per cent .
412 93
Interest
28 91
Mrs. N. W. Penniman, Nov. 54, 1868, at 7 per cent,
500 00
Interest .
6 41
Edwin Howard, June 30, 1871, at 6} per cent
900 00
Interest
34 13
Braintree Savings Bank, June 20, 1871, at 7 per cent, Interest from Jan. 1
8 75
Trustees estate of Gen'l Sylvanus Thayer, Feb. 26, 1873, at 6 per cent .
10,000 00
Trustees estate of Gen'l Sylvanus Thayer, March 7, 1874, at 6 per cent
10,000 00
Trustees estate of Gen'l Sylvanus Thayer, May 18, 1874, at 6 per cent .
2,000 00
Quincy Savings Bank, July 28, 1874, at 6 per cent, 10,000 00 Interest to date 6 66
F. G. Crosby, Aug. 10, 1874, at 8 per cent .
1,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank, July 24, 1875, at 5 years, at 6 per cent . ·
10,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank, July 24, 1875, at 7 years, at 6 per cent .
5,000 00
West Boton Savings Bank, July 24, 1875, at 10 years, at 6 per cent 5,000 00
Outstanding order, No. 55 1 00
Asa French, guardian, Jan. 2, 1869, at 7 per cent .
1,400 00
Interest .
7 62
Due J. Dyer, jun., collector commission tax 285 44
-- $63,651 28
ASSETS OF TOWN.
Balance in treasury . $35,892 92
Due from J. Dyer, jun., collector on tax bills, 1874, as per schedule ·
578 31
Due from J. Dyer, jun., collector, cash on hand .
2 33
Due from D. H. Bates, collector on tax bills, 1875, as per schedule
999 29
1,500 00
39
Due from D. H. Bates, collector, cash on hand
$208 53
66 66 66 interest collected . 91 84
66
Randolph
105 55
66
Weymouth
2 25
66
City of New Bedford
27 19
66
City of Boston
54 00
State
42 00
66
State aid
1,362 00
66
State aid, former years
1,053 65
66
Town Hall, 1874
124 50
66
66 1875
32 00
Due from Shoe and Leather National Bank, interest on certificate of deposit, at 3 per cent per annum, 313 33
- $40,889 69
Town debt
$22,761 59
Town debt, last year .
.
.
$25,564 30
40
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
BRAINTREE, February 1, 1876.
To the Selectmen : -
The trustees of the Thayer Public Library respectfully submit through you, to the town, their second annual report.
The Library has been open 104 days during the year ending Feb. 1, 1876. Circulation of books for the year, 13,449, making an average for each library day of 129. Of these 60 per cent have been works of fiction ; 20 per cent juveniles, and 20 per cent of a higher class.
The largest number issued on any one day was 215, Jan. 22, 1876 ; the smallest number 38, May 26,' 1875. Eleven hundred and eighty-eight (1,188) volumes have been added to the Library since Feb. 1, 1875, making the whole number now on our catalogue 2,144.
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